Strained by managing on-line schooling and providing their own daytime childcare during this pandemic, many parents favor in-person schooling for their offspring. After all, the president says it’s safe, right?
The facts say otherwise. Last week, more than 61,000 American children caught the novel coronavirus, the highest weekly increase since the start of the pandemic. So far, 853,000 children in the U.S. have contracted the disease since the outbreak began, and a third of them needed ICU hospitalization. From February though July, at least 121 children have died. Long-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children are suspected.
More:
“More than 61,000 children got Covid-19 last week, a record,” Erika Edwards, NBC News
“Cases of Covid-19 in children on rise, with highest 1-week spike yet,” Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Related:
“I’m Scared to Death’: How Teachers Feel About COVID-19 School Safety,” Healthline
“Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Teachers and Adults Living With School-Aged Children,” Adam W. Gaffney, MD, MPH, David Himmelstein, MD, and Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, Annals of Internal Medicine
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